Seeing that Bennett's plan had worked, the people in the cave started celebrating in the chat channel.
Everyone was sending out emojis, and soon the little policeman popping champagne at halftime was summoned.
After being banned from speaking, the studio members turned their attention back to the construction site on the rock wall. Compared to when they first entered the cave, the pit seemed to have become deeper.
More than an hour passed, and the excavation of the rock face continued smoothly under Bennett's direction.
Even the Blood Corpse, whose claws had become bald from excessive digging, were promptly rotated to the back to do relay work.
Meanwhile, [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] casually killed a Blood Corpse, doused it with its blood, and then pushed Bennett's wheelchair into the cave, arriving near the rock wall to supervise the work.
Having studied in the Great Labyrinth City Bennett already had a certain understanding of the production line, and the level of detail in arranging the excavation work of the Blood Corpse naturally far exceeded that of the Blood Corpse ' previous independent excavations.
A moment later, a sharp click was heard, and the crisp sound and echo reached the players' ears.
The cavern outside the rock face was full of rubble and did not meet the conditions required to produce such a clear sound.
There's only one answer—they finally broke through the rock wall!
Upon realizing this fact, everyone became excited, and under [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ]'s instructions, Bennett also sped up the process of widening the cave entrance.
Finally, at midnight on this day, a hole appeared in front of the players, large enough for them to crawl through while hunching over.
Looking at the scene before him, [ Soaring Clouds 2828 ] asked [ Soaring Clouds 6365 ] beside him:
"Why do I feel like we're here to raid tombs?"
[ Soaring Clouds 6365 ] rolled his eyes at him:
"Only burying the dead is called a grave. This Blood Corpse isn't dead at all; at most, we're just trespassing."
[ Soaring Clouds 2828 ] immediately relaxed:
"Thank goodness, it was just trespassing. I thought it was grave robbing."
[ Soaring Clouds ] noticed their whispering and pointed to the cave entrance, saying to them:
"Let's go inside and take a look!"
A look of grief and indignation immediately appeared on their faces, but considering that they could get an extra chicken leg after logging off, the grief and indignation quickly vanished and were replaced by grins.
The two bent down and approached the cave entrance, adjusted their equipment, and then crawled inside.
[ Soaring Clouds ] had anticipated this. In order not to disturb the count who had begun to awaken, he ordered the two to communicate only through the group chat in the player system and not to shout out their discovery.
The two followed instructions and entered the tomb—no, into the vampire count's bedroom—and were quickly awestruck by the scene inside.
They quickly took photos and sent them to their companions outside, along with corresponding captions. Soon, the players on both sides of the rock wall who witnessed this scene fell silent.
This wasn't because the sealed place was particularly luxurious, but because the entire space was filled with mysterious runes that they couldn't understand.
In the very center of the room was a sarcophagus with a flip-top lid, awaiting further examination. Around the sarcophagus were numerous sealing runes distributed in a radial pattern.
Some of these runes still emitted a faint Psionic Energy glow, while others flickered like a faulty light bulb, but most of them had completely dimmed, as if they had lost their original power.
Therefore, it seems only a matter of time before the count breaks through the seal.
As the cave entrance widened again, Bennett suddenly asked [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] behind him:
"Could you take me inside? I can feel the count calling me."
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] squinted, one hand already resting on the electric shock control lever.
Bennett sensed the change in pressure from behind and immediately explained in a low voice:
"He has only regained his hearing and sense of smell, so as long as you don't speak or drop your disguise, he won't be aware of your presence and will only see you as his subordinates."
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] gave [ Soaring Clouds ] a look, and after receiving a reply, led Bennett into the tomb.
At this moment, the Blood Corpse are still focused on destroying the rock wall, and the area of the hole, which was initially only wide enough for a finger to pass through, is still expanding.
Inside the tomb, two players were examining the sealing runes, trying to find patterns in the chaotic symbols.
Bennett was pushed near the sarcophagus. He cleared his throat and said in a slightly less deep voice:
"My Bennett Antos, a count personally transformed by Grand Duke Antos, my compatriot in the sarcophagus. State your name!"
" Luoli Adelaide, Earl of the Adelaide Lineage, fellow countryman, have you come to help me break the seal?"
A low response came from the sarcophagus, and Bennett saw that the two Soul Returner who had been studying the runes had somehow bitten their lower lips, as if they had heard some huge joke.
The group, being very professional, knew they couldn't laugh right now, but that didn't mean they couldn't chat and joke around in the player group.
Seven or eight messages appeared instantly in the group chat after the ban ended:
" Luoli? Did everyone hear that? This vampire says his name is Luoli!"
"Dude, this is clearly the pronunciation of 'ro,' not 'lo,' right?"
"Who cares? This is the funniest joke I've heard this month related to World of Disorder!"
"Who says it isn't? Let's forget about all that nonsense for now. Could it really be a little girl inside the stone coffin?"
"Stop with the nonsense. Even if there's a dog inside the stone coffin today, we'll catch it and use it as a biological component!"
Upon hearing the other person introduce themselves, Bennett did not respond immediately.
He feigned a moment of deep thought and remained silent, then his tone turned cold and ruthless:
"So you're a fellow countryman from the Adelaide Lineage. Sorry to bother you."
Although [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] didn't know what Bennett was up to, she still chose to cooperate.
His immortality made him less concerned about backstabbing or clandestine collusion. If they dared to collude in secret, it would simply mean another corpse for the Blood Corpse Count.
The creaking sound of the wheelchair turning reached the stone coffin, and the deep voice inside became somewhat hurried.
"Fellow countryman, don't go! Please help me, for we are both counts! Although we are not of the same lineage, we are still compatriots who support each other!"
Bennett snorted and retorted:
"Fellow countrymen? If it weren't for these guys from your lineage dragging us down back then, our Antos Lineage would have swept into the Holy City long ago!"
With the first visitor in nearly a century about to leave, the count in the coffin could no longer sit still:
"My comrade, sir! What do you want? Just rescue me, and you can name any price!"